The Warriors are going to have to play very solid to keep this lead against Howard and all the good 3 shooters the Magic have. When Biedrins is out you can tell that they just want to get the ball into Howard. He could go off tonight if they're not careful. Might as well let him score though if it means guarding their 3 shooters all night.

At the end of the half we started missing, and Magic hit a few shots...killing ourselves again. That defense that was good started playing soft on Dwight. Making fouls and letting him attempt decent shots along.

WarriorHawk87 wrote:It was the charging call at midcourt, his feet weren't even close to stationary.

I think the ref just called it because he wanted to do the "contrarian charge call" that always gets the crowd riled up.

I think it was McGuire that got the ball there and have been called for the charge, not Ellis. Might be wrong, but that's what I remember and why I couldn't remember bad call on Ellis.

Anyway, we are lucky to be up by 4 at this point. Pathetic finish of the 2nd quarter. Jackson playing smalls for too long even though Dwight was in the game...that's why we lost the advantage we had in rebounds, and why every ball went to Dwight when Orlando was on offense.